Caramel Craving Cake
- 2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
- 3 large eggs
- 34 cup vegetable oil
- 12 cup buttermilk
- 12 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- caramel icing
- 12 cup caramel sauce, good quality
- 1 cup butter, unsalted
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 1 cup caramel sauce, good quality
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350F Spray five 8 inch round cake pans with nonstick baking spray with flour.
- IN a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
- Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, and using a mixer at medium-high speed, beat brown sugar and eggs until smooth, approximately 4 minutes.
- In a small bowl, whisk together oil, buttermilk, sour cream, and vanilla.
- Alternately add flour mixture and oil mixture to brown sugar mixture, and continue beating until just combined.
- Divide batter evenly among pans.
- Bake 14 to 18 minutes or until cakes are golden and spring back when touched.
- Let cakes cool in pan sfor 10 minutes.
- transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
- Wrap each cake layer tightly in plastic wrap, and freeze 4 hours, or until firm.
- Caramel Icing:.
- In a large bowl, combine butter and cream cheese.
- Using a mixer at medium-high speed, beat until smotth, about 2 minutes.
- Add sugar, and continue beatin guntil mixture is light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Pour in caramel scaue and salt, and beat until just combined.
- Scoop mixture into a pastry bag, fitted with a large round tip.
- Transfer cakes to baking sheets, and pipe Caramel Icing over top of each layer.
- Freeze until icing is ifrm, about 1 hour.
- Stack layers and allow cake to return to room temperature; drizzle caramel sauce over top of cake, allowing it to drip down the sides.
- Serve.
cake flour, baking powder, salt, brown sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, buttermilk, sour cream, vanilla, caramel icing, caramel sauce, butter, cream cheese, icing sugar, caramel sauce, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/caramel-craving-cake-448776 (may not work)